One of the things that I love about science is that is always renewing for the better. There is no stubborn pride in keeping things being done a certain way when there is evidence that the old way was the wrong way or at least, not the best way.
And there is evidence to support that keeping your insulin levels high all day is far from healthy. With that being said, many meals a day (including snacks) was considered a very healthy way to feed our body. Now we know that fewer meals are better and that the quality of those foods matter the most.
The super important hormone known as Insulin goes to work every time we eat, taking glucose from our blood stream to our cells. But keep eating constantly modern food and soon enough, your body will start resisting the work of insulin, so our pancreas creates more insulin to complete the job. If this cycle keeps repeating for enough number of years, and you might end up with “Insulin Resistance” also known as the first step to become a Type 2 Diabetic. With that being said, maybe the 5 or 6 small meals a day might not be the best after all. In fact, is just the opposite. Reduce your meals and get them no so far apart and that will translate to benefits.
Here is what I mean…
Arrange an 8-hour window to eat!
After that? Water, Water and more Water. This is called Intermittent Fasting 16/8.
Before you go into shock and feed your mind with all kinds of defeating thoughts, please believe that this is something that you can do. And it will help you to lose weight and in overall it will help you be a healthier person.
This is my Plan recommendation:
No Breakfast, but you can have black coffee (black as in no cream, sugar of any kind)
Good Lunch (of course of allowed protocol food)
Light and Healthy Dinner (just before the end of the 8 hours eating window)
Example:
Breakfast – None, just have black coffee. And remember, not Splenda or other Artificial Sweeter.
Lunch – Salmon with a green salad and half avocado.
Dinner – As much salad as you want and you can complete your dinner with some Macadamias nuts.
This can be a little hard in the beginning, so here are some tips to follow:
- Water, as sometimes we might think that we are hungry and we are just thirsty.
- Avoid going out at night the first couple of weeks. Keep away temptations for now.
- Go to bed as early as possible.
AGAIN: This is only hard at the beginning, resist and believe in yourself.
Last but not least, hop on the scale so you can monitor the results of your new tool.
Tomorrow, we start doing 16/8 Intermitting Fasting!
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